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31 Cards in this Set
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Cornet/trumpet, Bandleader, seductiveness of approach to slow blues |
Buddy Bolden |
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Trumpet, cornetist, Creole Jazz Band |
Joe King Oliver |
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Trumpet, may have lost chance to make 1st Jazz record |
Freddie Keppard |
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Drummer in Dixieland |
Nick LeRoca |
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Clarinet/soprano saxophone, volatile |
Sidney Bechet |
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Most important figure in development of jazz, trumpet, progressive rhymically, melodically, etc. mastered scat |
Louis Armstrong |
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Heard Louis on river boats, trumpet, first major white jazz star |
Bix Beiderbecke |
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piano, "inventor of Jazz" Creole, Red Hot Peppers |
Jelly Roll Morton |
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Piano, originator of stride piano |
James. P. Johnson |
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Piano/songwriter/composer, satirical interpretations of Tin Pan Alley songs |
Fats Waller |
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Band leader, from US to streets of Paris during 1st World War, influential in bringing jazz to Europe |
James Reese Europe |
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recognized for being able to solo, stood out in every large ensemble |
Swing musicians |
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father of tenor saxophone, sax solo in Body and Soul, embellishment of the melody |
Coleman Hawkins |
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tenor saxophone, rival of Coleman (trying to outdo one another with originality) |
Lester Young |
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trumpet, influenced Dizzy Gillepsie |
Roy Eldridge |
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female vocalist, played with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, way of delivering the story and melody, learned from Louis Armstrong, emotional pain |
Billie Holiday |
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prominent in Swing era, great improviser, spirit of musical joy, versatile in styles |
Ella Fitzgerald |
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blind piano player, can play really fast (stride piano player!) |
Art Tatum |
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had two fingers, lightning speed, different style, Gypsy jazz guitar player in Paris |
Django Reinhardt |
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developed own style, popular style of music in paris, electric guitar player with Benny Goodman, Gibson guitar with amplifier |
Charlie Christian |
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Piano player with Benny Goodman, stride, played with Billie Holiday |
Teddy Wilson |
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Part of big band that took place in NYC, Louis played with him |
Fletcher Henderson |
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most widely performed composer, songwriter, composer, arranger, bandleader, pianist, producer, wrote music of every kind |
Duke Ellington |
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jazz pianist, famous Kansas City bandleader, irregular member of Blue Devils |
Count Basie |
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clarinet, bandleader, King of Swing, brought racial integration to the public |
Benny Goodman |
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trombonist, led most popular swing band of early 1940s, combined conventional dance music with swing music. Brought into mainstream |
Glenn Miller |
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Very different in terms of style in terms of white vs. black bands. Sweet music. Brought elemetn of jazz into the concert hall, attracted more sophisticated people. Symphonic jazz |
Paul Whiteman |
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Clarinet player, had major hits in 30s and 40s, compared to Benny Goodman as his rival |
Artie Shaw |
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early jazz musician, piano player, Big Band, worked with Louis Armstrong, developed own styles, Louis got more recognition |
Earl Hines |
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Jazz singer and bandleader |
Cab Calloway |
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drummer that had band in Sabaway ballroom (dancehall in Harlem), thousands of people, opportunity for blacks and whites to mingle on dance floor. Known for great music, 2 bands playing. Music was continuous, Big Band competition- who got crowd more excited? |
Chick Webb |